Small business pinch deepens in 1981 downturn
A survey shows 10 percent of firms lost money and 32 percent laid off workers as high interest rates bite. Ottawa bankruptcies hit 18 055 in 1981, up 22 percent from eight years earlier, with many firms in receivership or closing. Forecasters warn conditions may worsen before improving, while medium sized firms continue to drive job creation amid rising unemployment.
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Roger Worth
Ottawa
Central
South America
Canada
Ontario
Farmers React To Pay Debate And Rail Subsidy Talk
A Page 1 Globe and Mail style feature questions farmers wealth and stereotypes while a 1961 FCC survey is cited. Critics call out mythologizing Western farmers and dispute claims about net farm income and Crow Rate. NDP MP Les Benjamin argues the report would devastate Manitoba jobs and rail subsidies.
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Ottawa
Farm Credit Corporation
NDP
Les Benjamin
Manitoba
Benjamin
Canada
Globe and Mail
Turkey
Sen
Olden days notes and school moves 1902 1952
The item notes Thos Allen renting A McDonagh's butcher shop to continue the business. R R Brown named principal of Somerset School Winnipeg with a 1200 yearly salary. Mention of Foxwarren bonspie and local bylaw actions for selling town land. Mrs E Thom moves into a suite above Smitty's Grill. Mr and Mrs R E Hainstock relocate to the Thom residence.
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Thos. Allen
A. McDonagh
R.R. Brown
Russell School
Somerset School
Winnipeg
Town of
Russell
Mather
Carl Mantie
Mathilda Ziprick
E.C. ‘Shepherd
Prairie Planning and Local Council Battles Across Alberta
A sweeping roundup surveys zoning fights and planning clashes from Bow Island to Peace River. Farmers, towns, and neighboring districts test democracy as oil, subdivisions, land use, and condos reshape rural and urban life across Alberta.
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Bow Island
Medicine Hat
Irma
Claresholm
High River
Becaue
Maple Creek News
Star Chronicle
Wainwright Council
Tech Rcmp
Edson Council
Development Board
Edson
Killarney
Prairies
Lac du Bonnet
North Battleford
Cochrane Lake
Cochrane Times
Wetaskiwin
Peace River
Record Gazette
Year in Review Highlights Troubles and Glimmers in Hockey
Bill Smiley reflects on a rough year marked by political and economic turmoil, sanctions, and unrest abroad, with Canada facing a deep slump, inflation, and job losses. Yet sport provides relief as Wayne Gretzky shines, Canadians excel in skiing and swimming, and junior hockey gains notice amid a generally bleak national mood.
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Montreal
Expos
Ferrari
Montreal Allouettes
Les Canadiens
Edmonton
Toronto
Canada
N.H.L
Wayne Gretzky
Arch bishop Owen Memorial scholar Graham Spear named
February 3, 1972 note congratulates Grahame Spear son of Mr and Mrs Jim Spear of Russell as a recipient of the Arch bishop Owen Memorial Scholarship. It states Graham studies at the College of Emmanuel at St Chad Saskatoon and mentions renovations at Sacred Heart Hospital for Sisters of the Benedictine order.
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Grahame Spear
Jim Spear
Russell
Archbishop Owen
Graham
College of Emmanuel
St. Chad
Saskatoon
Sacred Heart Hospital
Sisters of the Order of St. Benedictine
Verbal contracts and Trudeau's two terms
A censored summary notes a Winnipeg alderman’s quip about verbal contracts versus written ones, contrasts NDP promises with immediacy, cites Maclean’s take on Reagan’s first year, asks for a similar Trudeau review, mentions a paper headline about sun use in cold cities, and touches on global year signs and lukewarm national performance with an overheard hotel lobby remark.
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Winnipeg
NDP
Maclean's Magazine
USA
Reagan
Trudeau
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J.S. Warrington
Ronnie McIntyre
W. Fenton
J. Devlin
Inglis
Fred McGuinness
Bill Smiley
Afganistan
Argyle Communications Inc
China
St. Regis Hotel
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